How to change home directory in Active Directory using VBS

Asked By cullen centeno 10 points N/A Posted on - 02/28/2012

Hello experts

How do I change the path of all my client’s home directory in Active Directory using a VBS logon draft? Has anybody done that before? What are the steps and how do I start?

Please help. Thanks a lot.

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Answered By lee hung 75 points N/A #102596

How to change home directory in Active Directory using VBS

 

Change Home Directory

 

A VBScript script in the Active Directory category.

 

Use this script to go through all users and change their home directory. There is a filter string so it will only change those home directories you want changed:

 

 

 

strNewPath: the full UNC of the new directory path (the script will automatically add the users username to the end

strSearchContext: script will scan the current home directory and if it finds a match to this string it will make the change.

Blank home directories are left untouched.

 

Source Code

Important Note: This script has not been checked by Spice works. Please understand the risks before using it.

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1.strNewPath          = "\sclsusers"

2.strSearchContext  = "\dx-file1"

3.

4.

5.

6.Dim rootDSE, domainObject

7.Set rootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE")

8.domainContainer = rootDSE.Get("defaultNamingContext")

9.Set domainObject = GetObject("LDAP://" & domainContainer)

10.

11.Set fs = CreateObject ("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

12.Set logFile = fs.CreateTextFile (".ChgHomeDir.log")

13.

14.const crlf="<BR>"

15.Set objExplorer = WScript.CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")

16.objExplorer.Navigate "about:blank"   

17.objExplorer.ToolBar = 0

18.objExplorer.StatusBar = 0

19.objExplorer.Width = 500

20.objExplorer.Height = 300 

21.objExplorer.Left = 100

22.objExplorer.Top = 100

23.

24.Do While (objExplorer.Busy)

25.   Wscript.Sleep 200

26.Loop

27.

28.objExplorer.Visible = 1    

29.txtOutput=""

30.

31.

32.If Right(strNewPath, 1) <> "" then

33.   strNewPath = strNewPath & ""

34.End If

35.strSearchContext = UCase(strSearchContext)

36.

37.exportUsers(domainObject)

38.

39.

40.Set oDomain = Nothing

41.showText("FINISHED!!")

42.WScript.Quit

43.

44.

45.

46.Sub ExportUsers(oObject)

47.  Dim oUser

48.   For Each oUser in oObject

49.     Select Case oUser.Class

50.        Case "user"

51.            If oUser.homeDirectory <> "" and InStr(UCase(oUser.homeDirectory), strSearchContext) > 0 then

52.               showText(oUser.displayName)

53.               logFile.WriteLine oUser.homeDirectory & "," & strNewPath & oUser.sAMaccountName

54.               oUser.Put "homeDirectory", strNewPath & oUser.sAMaccountName  

55.               oUser.SetInfo

56.            End if

57.         Case "organizationalUnit" , "container"

58.            ExportUsers(oUser)

59.      End select

60.   Next

61. End Sub

62.

63.

64.Sub ShowText(txtInput)

65.   txtOutput = "Change Home Directory Path" & crlf

66.  txtOutput = txtOutput & "==========================" & crlf & crlf

67.   txtOutput = txtOutput & "Search Context: " & strSearchContext & crlf

68.   txtOutput = txtOutput & "New Home Dir Path: " & strNewPath & crlf & crlf

69.   txtOutput = txtOutput & "Working on:  " & txtInput

70.   objExplorer.Document.Body.InnerHTML = txtOutput

71.End Sub

 

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